Apidays New York 2024 - Scaling API-first by Ian Reasor and Radu Cotescu, Adobe
Collaborative classroom
1. Connect ing t o t he
World
Building a Collaborat ive Classroom
Cheryl Lykowski
Discovery Educat or Net work Guru
Michigan’s DEN Leadership Council – Chair
Discovery STAR Educat or
April 2012
2. The illit erat e of t he 21st
cent ury will not be t hose
who can’t read and
writ e, but t hose who
can’t learn, unlearn, and
relearn.
~ Alvin Tof f ler, “ Ret hinking t he Fut ure”
3. Are t oday’s st udent s
t ech savvy
or digit ally lit erat e?
4. Why f ocus on a digit al
and collaborat ive
classroom?
5. Technology has shif t ed
f rom a personal
experience t o a
communit y experience.
14. *How might this work?
*How might t his
benef it my st udent s?
*How might t his add
t o my inst ruct ion?
15. Global Awareness, according t o
The Part nership f or 21st Cent ury Skills,
includes:
Using 21st cent ury skills t o underst and and
address global issues.
Learning f rom and working collaborat ively wit h
individuals represent ing diverse cult ures,
religions and lif est yles in a spirit of mut ual
respect and open dialogue in personal, work and
communit y cont ext s.
Underst anding ot her nat ions and cult ures,
including t he use of non- English languages.
16. Global awareness is
necessary because:
St udent s can no longer live isolat ed f rom
t he world.
St udent s need t o be global cit iz ens.
St udent s must learn about diversit y,
languages, cult ures, t radit ions and point s
of view f rom ot hers.
24. Role of t he
collaborat ive learner:
Greet er
Quest ion asker
Phot ographer
Videographer
Scheduler
*adapted from Silvia Tolisano
25. Role of t he collaborat ive
learner:
Backchannel writ ers I nf o St at ion
Live Bloggers Timer
Google Eart h
Data writer
Mapper
*adapted from Silvia Tolisano
26. Roles
Live Google
Blogging Eart h &
Google
Maps
Back
Channel
I nt erviewers
27. Roles
I nf ormat ion
St at ion Scheduler
Quest ion
Asker
Greet er
28. Roles
• Greet er ~ Greet s t he part ner school. Makes init ial int roduct ion.
• Quest ion asker ~ Asks specif ic quest ions f or dat a collect ion.
• Phot ographer ~ Responsible f or document ing connect ion wit h st ill images.
• Videographer ~ Responsible f or document ing connect ion wit h video.
• Scheduler ~ Responsible f or adding Dat e & Time of planned Skype
connect ion t o embedded Google Calendar.
*adapted from Silvia Tolisano
29. Roles
• Backchannel writ ers ~ Documenting conversation, questions,
answers and classroom happenings during the connection on a backchannel
chat.
• Live Bloggers ~ Blogs Skype call live to classroom blog.
• Google Eart h ~ Finds location of Skype partner and measures
distance in miles & kilometers.
• Mapper ~ Responsible for adding placemark of Skype partner’s location
to embedded Google Map on classroom blog.
• I nf o St at ion ~Responsible to search for any data question on the
spot. Verifies any questionable information as well.
• Timer ~ Responsible for noting time Skype call started and ended as
well as calculating elapsed time.
*adapted from Silvia Tolisano
30. Roles
• Dat a Ent ry ~ Responsible for adding data collected into embedded
Google form on classroom blog. Ex. distance miles/km, temperature in F/C.
• Word Problem Creat or ~ Creates a math word problem from
data, questions and answers collected during Skype call.
• Backchannel Cleanup ~ Responsible to save backchannel chat as a
word document and cleaning up duplicate comments and mark questionable
statements to be verified.
*adapted from Silvia Tolisano
